20210502

ROMAN; Gratian CE 367-383

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AE half centenionalis; 14 mm, 1.39 g, 5h, Antioch mint c. CE 383 RIC Antioch 56a1 RCV 20146 O: DN GRATIA—NVS PF AVG, diad, draped bust right...

ROMAN; Gratian CE 367-383

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AE half centenionalis; 14 mm, 1.87 g, 12h, Lugdunum mint c. CE 381-383 RIC Lugdunum 30a RCV 20149 O: DN GRATIA—NVS PF AVG, diad, drape...
20210430

ISLAMIC/Ayyubid; Principality of the Jazirah; Mayafariqin, Sinjar & Harran; Al-Ashraf Musa AH 607-617/ CE 1210-1220

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AE Dirham; 12.91 g, 28 mm, 9h, Mayafariqin mint AH 612/CE 1215 Album 859.1 Balog 852 O: Turbaned prince seated facing, rt leg drawn up...
20210424

ISLAMIC; Two Artuqid Figurative Bronzes of the 12th century CE

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Najm ad-Din Alpi CE 1152-1176/AH 547-572  AE Dirham; 14.01 g, 30 mm.  c. CE 1160-1170, Mardin mint SS 30.2 Album 1827.5 O: Two diademed faci...
20210403

ISLAMIC/Palembang; Muhammad Bahudin CE 1776-1804

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Tin Piti, 15 mm, 0.44 g, Palembang, AH 1193/CE 1779 Robinson 5.15 (R9) O: Portion of legend are retrograde such as the ط in As-Sultan. The t...
20210402

ISLAMIC/Palembang; Mahmud Badruddin II CE 1804-1821

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Tin Piti, 17.5 mm 1.01 g, Palembang mint AH 1219/CE 1804 Robinson 10.2 (R6) O:  ١٢١٩ مصروف في بلد فلمبن غ   R: blank
20210322

ISLAMIC/Umayyad; Arab-Byzantine Syria, c. CE 670-690

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  AE Fals, 20 mm, 3.89g, Homs (Emesa) mint Album 3516 var.  O:  Standing imperial figure holding long cross and globus cruciger, 'bismil...
20210316

ISLAMIC/Mughal India; Akbar CE 1556-1605

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  AR Rupee 26 mm, 11.35 g, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) mint AH 983 or  CE 1575-1576 Mitchener 3033 K 80.2 O: Shahada in center square. Areas o...

ISLAMIC; Umayyad; Jund Filastin c. CE 717-737

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  Album 185 AE Fals, 15 mm, 2.71 g, ar-Ramla mint O: tree in center, around shahada R: denomination and mint around center crescent. ...

ISLAMIC/Umayyad; Arab-Byzantine Syria, c. CE 670-690

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  AE Fals; 21 mm, 3.67 g, Hims (Emesa) mint. Album 3524 Wilkes 133 O: facing bust. To right بحمص to left KA Λ ON R: Cursive M dividi...
20210216

FRANCE; Bourbon; Louis XIV CE 1643-1715

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AR half-Ecu (10 sols), 20 mm, 2.21 g, 6h, Lyon mint 1661-D KM 199.3 O: LVD XIIII DG--FR ET NAV REX, laur., draped bust right. R: SIT NOMEN D...
20210116

ROMAN/Philip I CE 244-249

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  AE Sestertius, 29mm, 22.09 grams,  Roma  CE 244-245 RIC 184a RSC 9002 Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped and  cuirasse...
20210102

Congress Poised to apply banking regulations to Antiquities Market, NYT 01/01/2021

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  "Far too little attention has hitherto been bestowed upon the provenance of ancient coins. The intervention of the coin dealer betwee...
20201210

ARABIA; Himyarite Kingdom; Thāran Ya’ub Yuhan’im ثارن يعب يهنعم c. CE 200-225

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AR Silver unit, 1.62 g, 17 mm. Raydan mint Huth 449-450 var. O: head r with long curls, dotted border and monogram on left behind head R: he...
20201114

SWEDISH OCCUPATION OF THE BALTIC (Livonia) FROM 1628 (a small lot)

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 Queen Christina (1632-1654)  Billon Szelag (Solidus) 16 mm, 0.60 g, Riga mint, 1635 O: Crowned C enclosing Vasa arms, all within inner ci...
20201112

SWEDISH OCCUPATION OF THE BALTIC (Livonia) FROM 1628

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  King Carl X Gustav (1654-1660) Billon Szelag (Solidus) 15 mm 0.51 g, Riga mint 1656 O: Crowned CG all within inner circle,  CAROLVS GVST...

SWEDISH OCCUPATION OF THE BALTIC (Livonia) FROM 1628

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King Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632) Billon Szelag (Solidus) 16 mm 0.79 g, Riga mint, 1632 O: Crowned GA all within inner circle GVST ADOL D G...
20201108

SWEDISH OCCUPATION OF THE BALTIC (Livonia) FROM 1628

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  Queen Christina (1632-1654)  Billon Szelag (Solidus) 15 mm, 0.69 g, Riga mint, 1645 O: Crowned C enclosing Vasa arms, all within inner cir...